Everything you need to know about the 2015 Oscars and their nominees
The Academy Awards are here! OK, so I’m probably one of the few people that get a little too excited around award season. While everyone else was preparing themselves for the big game, I was counting down the days until the reigning award show returns. Don’t get me wrong – I enjoyed Left Shark just […]
Iron Reels to host open indie film screening and workshop at TwentyFiveEight Studios in Scranton on Feb. 6
Iron Reels, Scranton’s repository for local underground film, is hosting an open film screening and workshop for Northeastern Pennsylvania filmmakers and movie fans on Friday, Feb. 6 at 8 p.m. at TwentyFiveEight Studios in Scranton. A description of the event is below: In the same fashion as an open mic, an open screening allows an […]
2015 Scranton Parade Day shirt features ‘Sons of Anarchy’ design
From a press release: For the past six year, partners Chris Ventura and Joe Caviston have released an exclusive t-shirt design for Scranton’s St. Patrick’s Parade, the second largest St. Patrick’s Day parade in the country. The shirt generally revolves around pop culture, with Macklemore and Miley Cyrus-themed shirts being featured in 2013 and 2014. […]
REVIEW: 2015 Royal Rumble burned out quickly and ignited WWE fans’ rage
The WWE’s 2015 “Royal Rumble” match, held at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia last night, started out with a bang but quickly burned out – and the aftermath may prove to be even more disastrous. The kickoff match of the actual pay-per-view saw The New Age Outlaws – Jesse James and Billy Gunn – […]
The Top 12 DVDs in NEPA, 01/22/15
Each week, Joe Nardone’s Gallery of Sound provides NEPA Scene with the Top 12 best-selling DVDs in its Northeastern Pennsylvania stores from the previous week. Every album is followed by its rank from the week before. “D” indicates a debut this week.
Peculiar Culinary Company from Pittston will compete on CNBC’s ‘Restaurant Startup’
From a press release: CNBC has announced the 20 culinary entrepreneurs who will compete for an investment on the second season of “Restaurant Startup,” premiering Tuesday, Jan. 13 at 10 p.m., which includes Peculiar Culinary Company from Pittston. Produced by Shine America, the 10 one-hour episodes feature restaurateur and TV personality Joe Bastianich and chef […]
Pittston Chef Gene Philbin competes on holiday episode of ‘Guy’s Grocery Games’
Episode filmed in March airs tonight on Food Network
In all his years as a chef, Gene Philbin of Pittston has been around the grocery store time and again – but never quite like this. The chef/owner of Peculiar Culinary Company in Pittston – a team well-known for its pop-up dinners throughout Northeastern Pennsylvania – found himself speeding down the aisles of “Guy’s Grocery […]
VIDEO: The franchise rises again in first ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ teaser trailer
When the credits rolled on the last “Star Wars” film, we all knew it wouldn’t be long before the franchise rose again. Now, after many images have been teased and leaked, an official teaser trailer for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” has been released online and in theaters. Directed, written, and produced by J. J. […]